High Noon

Ben Weingarten, editor at large at RealClearInvestigations and Senior Contributor to  The Federalist , joins the podcast to run through his reporting on revelations about January 6th, the Twitter Files, and Covid origin hearings. Together, these three stories, with smoking guns revealed through public documents and testimony, represent three different bases - domestic terrorism, foreign inter...

Justin Lee, associate editor of  First Things  magazine and horror writer, joins the pod to explain the dissident art scene that is forming outside the boundaries of woke institutions. Justin and Inez discuss the need for both destructive art aimed at the regime and constructive art that points towards truth and beauty. They also discuss the reaction to  First Things  publishin...

Jennifer Braceras of Independent Women’s Law Center and Emma Waters of the Heritage Foundation join High Noon podcast to discuss why they oppose the Equal Rights Amendment. This recording took place directly after a  Senate Judiciary hearing  on the ERA, in which Jennifer was a key witness. The ladies chat about the consequences of the ERA, the amendment process, and the importance of re...

In this monthly After Dark episode, Emily Jashinsky and Inez discuss whether we've reached "peak woke," and whether pragmatic alliances with centrists and TERFs on the consensus of the 90s and Aughts are ultimately hollow. They also dissect a Ross Douthat column pointing to the iPhone revolution as proximate — but not ultimate — cause of an entire generation's very real mental fragility and examin...

NRO Staff Writer Nate Hochman rejoins the podcast to talk through his extensive reporting on the influence of big business in red states and the mechanics of how lobbyists have overridden socially conservative voter interests in states with large GOP majorities. Inez and Nate then discuss what recent exposés and triumphs on popular issues — such as barring minor medical “transition” — mean about h...

Adam B. Coleman, author of  Back Victim to Black Victor  and columnist for  New York Post ,  Newsweek , and  Daily Mail  joins the podcast to talk about the enduring importance of the nuclear family and fatherhood. Adam and Inez talk about the child's eye view, both personal and statistical, of the sexual revolution and feminism, as well as how the ever-larger group o...

Auron MacIntyre, popular YouTuber, podcaster, and columnist for The Blaze, joins the podcast to talk about the origin story of wokeness and how the center-Left's concept of neutrality cannot hold back the revolution. Auron and Inez also discuss the critical issue of patronage and how the Right might build as powerful a patronage network for its friends and supporters as the Left has for theirs, as...

Emily Jashinsky joins the pod for the last week of the month per usual. Inez and Emily chat about what the anti-establishment “MAGA” Republicans who won victory in the House have in common — and what they don’t. Inez poses a panel prompt about unhappy families to Emily, and the ladies discuss the masturbatory artistic choices of “The Embrace,” a new MLK memorial on the Boston Commons. -- High Noon...

This week on  High Noon , Twitter-banned sensation and former What’s Left Cast co-host Aimee Terese joins the podcast to talk about the psychology of the left and how our representatives and institutions understand victimhood and power. Aimee also explains why, despite coming from the left originally, she doesn’t feel the need to reflexively condemn “both sides” and the necessity of being str...

Dr. Darel E. Paul is a professor of political science and the Chair of the Political Economy Program at Williams College. Darel and Inez talk through the labor mechanics of corporate wokeism and its connection to the advancement and power of the professional class. They also discuss the political implications of the therapeutic management style popular in big companies, and how the economic struct...

Professional clarinetist James Zimmermann joins the pod to discuss how he was canceled and fired for challenging woke ideology at the Nashville Symphony. James and Inez also discuss how ideological concerns and excessive catering to the lowest common denominator are eroding the beauty of classical music and undermining meritocracy in our nation’s symphonies. James defends the enduring value of cla...

Emily Jashinsky and Inez Stepman chat about what holds up in Milton Friedman's classic Capitalism and Freedom — and what definitely doesn't. They also talk about Twitter 2.0 and the insulting and anti-democratic omnibus bill. Culture Editor Emily gives her best recs for cozy week-off binge watches, and both hosts share their Christmas and New Year traditions. -- High Noon is an intellectual d...

Dr. Matthew Mehan is the Director of Academic Programs for Washington D.C., and Assistant Professor of Government for the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College. He has been teaching and designing humanities curricula for twenty years, and has published not only academic and popular articles, but also two children’s books that prepare children to understand the intellectual h...

Paul Rossi, canceled math teacher and co-host of Chalkboard Heresy, joins the podcast to discuss the woke illness afflicting the nation’s elite and powerful institutions, and how to realign the institutional incentives currently overwhelming dissent. Paul and Inez also discuss whether the culture wars have reached a tipping point, and trade theories for why elite institutions have so enthusiastica...

On this After Dark episode, Emily and Inez discuss the threat Elon Musk’s Twitter gambit poses not just to the culturally hegemonic wokes through free speech, but to the large number of college-credentialed people with “email jobs.” They also talk about the slippery slope of corporate-endorsed euthanasia in Canada, and whether artists have finally had it with the dullness of regime-approved themes...

This week, Ryan T. Anderson joins the podcast. Ryan is the President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the author or co-author of five books, including the just-released  Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing   as well as  When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment .  Ryan and Inez discuss the validity of slippery slopes,...

Terry Schilling of American Principles Project joins High Noon to conduct an autopsy of the 2022 midterms, and what the results say about the future of the Republican Party as well as the country.  -- High Noon is an intellectual download featuring conversations that make possible a free society. The podcast features interesting thinkers from all parts of the political spectrum to discus...

This week Peachy Keenan, the internet’s favorite converted Gen X suburban wine mom turned based domestic queen (and contributing editor of The American Mind), joins the podcast. Inez and Peachy discuss religious conversion, feeling unmoored from trust in the institutions you once took for granted, and the brewing generational war between Gen X and Millennials. They also chat about Peachy’s soon-to...

Helen Roy, contributing editor at Claremont Institute’s The American Mind and host of the podcast Girlboss, Interrupted, joins the podcast. Helen and Inez discuss how the girlboss archetype went from lauded to reviled, and whether new womanly archetypes can be created and loved. They also chat about the Millennial vs. Gen Z divide and whether generational critiques of the modern woman have gone be...

On this episode of High Noon: After Dark, Emily and Inez discuss the likely shape of the coming midterm elections, the growing gulf between the priorities of the elites and the challenges of the rest of America, and whether a GOP win is likely to do much to improve the country’s path. They also discuss long-term survey results showing that Americans are increasingly friendless. -- High Noon ...

This week, IWF’s own Kelsey Bolar joins High Noon to discuss her documentary series  Identity Crisis , which tells the stories of minors struggling with their identities in the age of gender ideology, their parents, and their later struggles as they “detransition.” Kelsey and Inez talk about the betrayal institutional actors inflict on vulnerable kids and families, and the difficult line betw...

Louise Perry, author of  The Case Against the Sexual Revolution , joins High Noon to talk about the consequences — especially for women — of the 1960s ethos of individual sexual freedom. Louise and Inez also discuss the sexual state of nature between men and women and speculate on how it might be possible to arrest our slide into ancient or pre-Christian norms that harm women and children the...

Emily and Inez discuss how technological advancement is making it possible for larger and larger segments of the population to drop out of real life and settle for the facsimiles of porn, endless scrolling, Zoom calls, and junk food. Emily wonders where the Ralph Nader of Big Tech is in our politics. Inez gives two cheers for democracy in an era of elite failure. And both hosts comment on a post #...

This week, Jeremy Carl joins High Noon. With a background that starts in the Utopianism of the early internet and winds through policy in the Trump administration, Carl tells the story of American crisis, including the devastating close of the frontier, our more complicated relationship with immigration post Ellis Island, and the disappointed dreams of tech oligarchs. -- High Noon  is an inte...

Nicholas Eberstadt holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at AEI and is the author of the book  Men Without Work , in which he chronicles the story of the growing group of prime-age men who are neither trying to find work nor in training or education. Eberstadt’s work challenges some of the underlying assumptions populist narratives of the last six years have relied upon, and paints...